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Sentence Examples I'm distracted, tense and edgy, staring intently at the phone willing it to bring me good news. Noel watched her intently and suddenly snapped his fingers right in front of her face. That key person needs to listen intently, take voluminous notes, and collect all class handouts, texts, and tests. Here springbok leapt and Cape mountain zebra grazed even as herds of black wildebeest stared at us intently and then galloped away. Their eyes teeming with concentration searched the graphs and numbers on the screen intently as the information changed second by second. You have an ability to concentrate and work intently on anything which holds your interest. They're listening intently or with anger to a master of sound bytes who staged a dramatic comeback. Three old men were listening intently to the BBC World Service news in Pashto. I just stand there, intently examining a fully open rose, not knowing what to say. I looked from one intently interested catlike face to another, suddenly embarrassed about how the confession would sound to them. She speaks softly but intently, cutting a striking figure in black knee-length boots with her prominent features framed by jet black hair. An overflow audience was intently learning the signs and, like a sing-along at a concert, doing a sign-along. She could still feel his eyes on her, knifing through her body, and gazing intently at her thoughts, her soul, her heart. She was peering at me intently, as if she hadn't insulted the size of my rooms, the cleanliness of them, and my cheapness in paying my servants. Listen intently, and you'll hear the buzzing of mosquitoes, bees, and houseflies. Indeed, they were, and so intently that they paid no attention to me in the car next to them. His face, laced with concentration, peered intently into two laptop screens that encompassed the majority of his minimal setup. She was the only attendee, watching intently as he coaxed snakes from one basket to another with the mouth of his oboe. Brenna climbed up on the chair beside her, perched her chin on her elbows and watched her intently. The redhead was staring at him intently, his hair hanging in his eyes a bit and his hands clasped at his elbows. Show More Sentences I was speaking so softly, especially as they had all been ignoring me so intently before. The animal's footfalls seemed to echo in the woofs as the boy continued to listen intently. No evidence is found that would suggest in all the circumstances that the transaction was intently improvident or fraudulent. I guess looking anywhere intently in all innocence these days can be considered a security risk if there's someone important in that direction. As I walked into the room I looked around to find Mark watching me intently. I can focus intently on things that fascinate me, to the exclusion of all other things. He would listen intently to his mother's lessons and as his prodigious talent became apparent she began to teach him, too. She looked at him closely, peering intently at his face as if trying to read it. He watches intently as the squad go over possible formations for tomorrow's game. Ptolemy's Almagest was one of the works which Arabic scientists studied intently. Danny lowered himself to the floor and sat cross-legged listening intently to the conversation. Pollock's solution was to study and copy the compositions of the old masters so intently that he internalized their rhythms. Frowning intently, he unwinds his orange turban, knots it in a ligature around his right biceps, and starts pumping his arm. Twirling a lock of his long white beard around a finger, the old man looked solemnly at me as his dark liquid eyes gazed at me intently. She intently studied his penmanship, admiring the elegant arches, careless flicks, and long loops of his letters. He started staring at them really intently, and his eyes were making these little saccades over the patterns, scanning them like crazy. Some of the tiled tabletops have built-in checkerboards, and on a recent evening I watched a visiting family bent intently over a game. She focused intently at it and as she watched, Doremi could see the figure inside begin to move and pluck a melody on the strings of the lute. Some were noisy, some were listening intently, and one seemed to be daydreaming. My adoring drive time audience will be out there right now, stuck in the traffic, gridlocked, and listening intently to this speech. Show More Sentences Two hundred Dwarves in the audience craned forward, watching the drama intently. She listened intently as I told her my story, her hands folded gently in her lap. When we arrived, we followed her around the central room of the temple as if she were a museum docent, listening intently to her stories. She was intently watching the television with a broad grin spread across her lively face. Alexander stood at the edge of the balcony for a moment, contemplating the quandary, intently observed by Constantine. According to this finely observed account, he learned most about the animals by querying hunters and listening intently to what they had to say. A few seagulls circled, squawked at Joe, and two pigeons on the crane's jib watched him intently. Out of the corner of my eye, however, I can see two dark-suited men wearing shades leaning against a wall staring at me intently. The audience watches intently, but the spell is broken when three boisterous local kids barge into the gallery. I studied the sweet counter intently, selecting a range of my favourite goodies, counting up the pennies, thinking it over carefully. Since there are no national campaigns, these governor's races are going to be watched intently. Mulder was on the sink, watching intently as John Brown batted around what my bleary eyes assumed was a bottlecap or tuft of hair. It was difficult to focus her eyes, but she saw that he was gazing intently into them. Hamma sat beside me staring intently forward and indicating the direction that we should take with a flick of his finger. She thought she caught a flicker of movement out of the corner of her eye and turned to peer intently that way. Taking long breaths to hide the agitated beats of my thudding heart, I leaned forward more intently to analyze the picture. Unbeknownst to them, a pair of brown eyes with a purple tint was watching them intently. I listened intently, taking mental notes on their descriptions of the seracs, the crevasses, the hanging glaciers. Ragnhildr listened intently, because something deep in her bosom told her Adeline was a liar. Most of the fans sat crossed-legged in front of the stage and listened intently as the tunes were belted out. Show More Sentences He stared intently at the magistrates' bench and his defence solicitor throughout the case and spoke only to confirm his name and address. The writing in this collection resides and disports itself very intently within the field of language-presence and language-process. My mom shifts her weight from one foot to the other, crossing her arms and putting one hand at her chin, staring intently at the creature. The assassin's eyes widened at hearing the way she shaped her words, then he studied her face intently. The one-way conversation lasted about 30 seconds as Moore, his face pale, eyes slightly milky and head tilting to one side, listened intently. The boy didn't look up but instead kept on gazing intently at the boring grey material of the driver's seat. A wolf stood at the rim of the hollow, gazing at them intently with golden eyes. She watched the pair intently, impeccable mastery of her emotions leaving her features completely blank. Her eyes were unblinking, staring intently on the path in front of her, taking in every dark detail. Although they cannot see fully yet, they listen intently when we tell them of these things. They kept their eyes open and watched intently for any signs of the rabbit. But after-images can be caused by staring intently at any pattern of high contrast. Carl watched Emma and Michael intently as they spoke, following the conversation, looking from face to face. The 2 girls sat on Grace's bed listening intently to their friend's voice on the speakerphone. I have a huge amount of respect and admiration for him and the way he sees the world so intently and encourages people to look. They scan the flocks of seabirds and waders and warblers intently, because they know that, in the midst of a thousand common birds, there may be one rare bird hitching a ride. Greg moved back, watching intently to see what could happen. Back in the early fifties people across the land followed the Redex trial intently, listening in for updates in the daily news broadcasts from their valve radiograms. It is amazing how I could intently focus on this little TV like screen directly in front of me tending to my hexes, carabiners, rope, hand and foot holds. Sara was intently studying the ivory and black keys of the piano. Show More Sentences Plato listened intently, offering reassurances every step of the way. Angelos glimpsed at Evelyn, who was suddenly looking nervous as she wrung her hands together and intently stared at the yellowing linoleum flooring. And most unusual to be in a theatre audience that listened so intently. Why, then, is he focusing so intently upon stabilizing Afghanistan instead of shoring up Islamabad first and foremost? We stayed in the auditorium until the school day ended about two hours later, listening intently to the unfolding story broadcast scratchily from that tiny radio. Twenty people surround Grace, all of them intently studying her trance state. She stared intently at Jude, weighing his words in her mind. The judge asked for some papers, studied them intently, made some notes and suddenly spoke. Talks almost broke down many times, and Warner was intently focused on keeping the discussions on track. Emy, always modest and bashful, had blushed and refused to let him draw her, claiming that it embarrassed her to have him watching her so intently. One woman is focused intently on wrapping and unwrapping a tendril of hair around her finger. A soft wavering dot appeared on the horizon, which Barth watched intently. He watched the doors intently, clenching and unclenching his fists. Sitting behind a large wooden desk sat an old rather frumpy man in a well-worn smoking jacket, unlit pipe in one hand, staring intently at an open book in front of him. The man was unmoved by the declaration and stood watching Jet intently. His eyes intently focused on the black sphere in the middle of the lab. The drums plod along intently, keyboards ping and buzz about. Standing on a parapet of fictive marble, dressed in the brown habit of his order, St Francis gazes intently at a wooden crucifix held between his crossed hands. She stared intently as he closed his eyes, and strummed the first chord. I am huddled in a tight semicircle with a group of exceedingly hirsute young men, all wearing corduroy sport coats, all staring intently at the stage. Show More Sentences She looked at everyone and saw concerned faces watching her intently. Enlargement is focusing minds intently in Brussels, the member state capitals, in peripheral areas such as Scotland and, above all, across eastern Europe. He set up the discussion and both he and the doctor listened intently. Ryan's gaze was fixed intently on her face, a small smile on his lips. Under Reese's guidance, Hansen focuses intently on building core strength and complementing the building of muscle strength with the maintenance of flexibility. I listened intently, for he was right, his plans were very cunning. Like two gunslingers, the pair must now size each other up, staring intently through narrowed eyes, trigger fingers twitching, working out who will make the first move. I watched them intently, not understanding their quick Arabic. He watched intently, devouring the scene before him with his eyes. Reiter adds that cellular operators are looking intently at the moblog business, because they offer online photo albums. Simon noticed a groundling look intently at Walsingham's purse and nudge his mate. Arnold Zylberberg sat in the tweed wing chair in his oak-paneled study, intently stuffing Amphora tobacco into his pipe. See the future king intently sucking on a biro as he plans the day below. The pupils sat at wooden desks, used dip pens, slide rules and listened intently tags, carried air masks and taken part in an air raid drill. Again Abdullah listened intently, his eyes closed, his ten fingers forming a temple of his hands in front of him. He later said that no orchestra had ever played so well and that no audience in his experience had ever listened so intently. As a teenager he stared intently at a box under the tree for weeks hoping it was a Midi HIFI only to uncover a Clairol foot spa. Near the homestead they came upon Peter sitting on the shaft of a jinker, crooning a corroboree song and gazing so intently at the coffin-like ridge that he did not see them. We listened intently as our guide showed us the stinging nettles that can inflict the pain of a handful of hot coals and the sand crabs that scurry across deserted beaches. Soothed again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat. Examples from Classical Literature On he flew, following the radio beacon intently, watching his time, calculating his position. Listening intently, he heard the sound of sobbing which she was endeavouring to stifle. The woman looked at him intently for a moment, then spoke in a colorless voice. He looked at her intently as she approached and formed his own conclusions. He took the instrument in his big hand and watched the clocklike face intently. He studied them intently, a horrible dread in his heart as he searched for that goblined hoof that inturned. The girl at the ironing board listened intently, strainingly, that she might hear if the selling of the farm was mentioned. The Corporal left alone with Jacobina, eyed her intently, and burst into the following pathetic address. Scholes, who was cleaning out the ginnel in front of his stable, straightened himself, staring intently at his informant. Presently she opened her pistol and began to disassemble the firing mechanism, studying it intently. She is gazing so intently into the soul of her lover that she does not notice whether the TS are crossed, or the is dotted. Travis drew a deep breath which was almost a sob, levered himself up on one elbow to stare intently down into the enemy camp. It looked somewhat familiar and in studying it more intently she noted the license plate. A plasterer with limey overalls gazed at the wagon intently until it passed by. You listen intently, and perceive with satisfaction that the moving object is coming towards your machan. Going over to him, we found the Arab and the tribeswoman both looking intently at something lying upon the rocky floor. He listened intently and heard instead of warblings, fine strains of music like those of an aeolian harp. They gazed intently into the ball, and though they could see nothing, Patty felt a weird sense of uncanniness. He watched them so intently that he failed to see Margaret return to the punch bowl. Shorty turned around and backed up to him so that the calves of their legs touched, and began intently studying his gunlock. Show More Sentences Orinda turned her head towards the window, and fixed her eyes intently on the top of the Crow's Nest. There was a witching grace in their movements, and the Youth watched them intently. When I left them they were already talking clothes, and Carrie had a hand glass and was looking at herself intently in it. At this point Mr. Pelly, who had been listening intently, interrupted the speaker. A youthful figure, looking intently at the pentacle which hovers over his raised hands. Seated near a pier table, on which a little kettle bubbled over a spirit-lamp, Albine intently watched the alcove curtains. As for Spike, he sat down on the plank-sheer where he had stood, and remained there ruminating intently for two or three minutes. He had fished from his pocket a sheaf of clippings and was perusing them intently. The salutations passed as usual, the one party thinking intently on the absence from service, and the other of the sheepshead. She looked at Miss Avery intently, trying to understand the kink in her brain. Susanne works intently at the heavy coils of her hair, and the gold pins she is skewering through it. The dopy cook scuffled to his feet and stumbled over to the rail, hung there, peering intently southward. For some moments he had been listening intently, trying to recollect something. He adjusted the sonar pickups, turned the amplifier to maximum, and listened intently. The sonarman bent to his scope and Hank listened intently over the hydrophones. Then with the stealthiness of a cat he opened the door and peered into the hall, listening intently. Johnnie Green got to thinking so intently about the matter that he began to dawdle. I wake every night and see in my room, intently watching me, a big black Newfoundland dog with a white forefoot. With a start he sat up to see a huge, anthropoid ape squatting at his side, inspecting him intently. The major had said nothing, betrayed nothing, only listened intently. Show More Sentences He left the club and walked westwards, humming softly to himself, but thinking all the time intently. Kessler and brogan had stopped eating and were watching her intently. Bland, a thick-set man with the jaw of a bulldog, was eyeing him intently. Vaudemont stood looking on intently, with his arms folded on his breast. He looked behind him intently and continually, and what he saw there did not assuage his resentment. Instead of answering, he stood, after one startled glance at her, looking intently at the knuckle of his forefinger. They listened intently, and heard the supper-party resettle themselves, and then gently drew back first one bolt and then the other. The eyes were not large, but their black orbs glittered in the rays of the candles, as he gazed intently down the hall, like two balls of fire. Watching her intently, Donald Whiting thought of all these things. She dropped her dustcloth to a chair, scanning his face intently. He was studying them so intently that he forgot his escalator was landing. The robin listened a few seconds, intently, and then answered quite as if he were replying to a question. He stood over the ape, staring intently at his glazing eyes. She was silent and motionless for another five minutes, thinking intently. We all looked at each other intently, and I went on hesitantly. This second morsel, as I watched her, she was very markedly and intently attempting to tighten in its place. As she straightened her hair she looked at herself intently. The jointed U-tubes of the vacuum-chamber are pressure-tempered colloid and a junior engineer with tinted spectacles watches the Ray intently. He was older than Linda, and he was thinking swiftly, intently. When he dozed, upon his ears would steal the faint whispers of hidden trickles of running water, and he would rouse and listen intently. Show More Sentences Stan picked a roll of bandage out of the kit and looked at it intently. The Tsar looked intently and observantly into Kutuzov's eye waiting to hear whether he would say anything more. Then drawing his child on his knee, he gazed intently on his glorious dark eyes, and passed his hands through his long curls. Through the trees he watched the black figures of the gunners as they worked swiftly and intently. Rachel and her father were poring intently over the chess-board. Long and earnestly Powhatan talked to her, and she listened intently. Tom watched the recovery missile intently on the radarscope. Holmes listened to him intently, with no sign of that impatience which the official exponent too often produced. With a guilty start he composed himself, frowned and looked intently at the fifty-sixth page of his volume. What he was continually looking at in the palm of his right hand was nothing but his watch, the minute hand of which he appeared to be noting intently. He looked intently under his curved palms and caught the sheen of brass. Pearl saw, and gazed intently, but never sought to make acquaintance. They sat on three chairs in the punt, and watched intently their lines. Seeing a thrush sitting upon a tree, he wished to take it, and fitting his twigs to a proper length, watched intently, having his whole thoughts directed towards the sky. Find more words! 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